SF elections director fired for being white

Guy did a fantastic job over the past 20 years, and the only reason his contract was not renewed is because he's white. His performance did not rank in their determination whether to renew his contract, and all 12 managers in his department wrote a letter to the commission without his knowledge pleading to re-appoint him, but that was ignored. He is allowed to reapply but must compete with other candidates.
Elections Commissioner Cynthia Dai, who voted to not renew Arntz’s contract, said there was no performance-based reason for the commission’s decision. She did not dispute that San Francisco has run free, fair and functional elections for 20 years. Rather, she says, it was time to open up this position to a more diverse field; the city, she said, could not make progress on its racial equity goals without opening up its top positions.
https://missionlocal.org/2022/11/ele...ns-commission/